Ian the Fish's poker progress journal

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Ian the Fish said:
a truly relaxing 4-table session turned out very well. Played some NL20, some NL10 and some PLO10.

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The mistakes I made were mostly evident at the PLO tables. As I am still very new to that game, I am expecting that. Also, I got trapped in the following hand. Haha.

Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

SB: $4.13 (41.3 bb)
Hero (BB): $14.65 (146.5 bb)
MP: $8.85 (88.5 bb)
CO: $11.82 (118.2 bb)
BTN: $10.55 (105.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J♠ J♣
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.25, SB calls $0.20, Hero raises to $1, BTN calls $0.75, SB calls $0.75

Flop: ($3) T♦ 4♦ 5♦ (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, BTN folds, SB raises to $3.13 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.13

Turn: ($9.26) A♣ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($9.26) 3♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $9.26 pot ($0.46 rake)
Final Board: T♦ 4♦ 5♦ A♣ 3♠
SB showed A♦ 7♦ and won $8.80 ($4.67 net)
Hero showed J♠ J♣ and lost (-$4.13 net)
BTN mucked and lost (-$1 net)

Overall, the last several sessions are looking good. My intention now is to grind my BR up to a certain amount, which would ensure me being a reg at the NL100 tables. Have a good day y'all!
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What's happening man! You've been running pretty good lately. Lots of posts of insane BB/100 rates! keep it up man!



I found this hand, pretty much the first I found scrolling up to view the thread.



I like the play pre with JJ here, I think I may 3b larger though..... get the max. These folks probably auto call 3 bets I would imagine, just like any other NLHE player.

However, I think checking is better on the flop than betting. We have no diamond obv. If we bet, and get raised, which is def possible someone would put you to the test with one diamond, pair+FD, etc, yeah that would be bad to get raised.

We are deeper with BTN, and we have this SS in the SB. But I like checking flop because of the SS in SB.

this is how I envision it.....

SB checks, we check, BTN may stab some hands, and we could get value that way, but as a by-product of us checking, if BTN stabs, we get to see what this SS does in SB before putting any chips into the pot.

If we are beat, we are crushed, and if we are ahead, it is marginal.
 
Beanfacekilla said:
What's happening man! You've been running pretty good lately. Lots of posts of insane BB/100 rates! keep it up man!



I found this hand, pretty much the first I found scrolling up to view the thread.



I like the play pre with JJ here, I think I may 3b larger though..... get the max. These folks probably auto call 3 bets I would imagine, just like any other NLHE player.

However, I think checking is better on the flop than betting. We have no diamond obv. If we bet, and get raised, which is def possible someone would put you to the test with one diamond, pair+FD, etc, yeah that would be bad to get raised.

We are deeper with BTN, and we have this SS in the SB. But I like checking flop because of the SS in SB.

this is how I envision it.....

SB checks, we check, BTN may stab some hands, and we could get value that way, but as a by-product of us checking, if BTN stabs, we get to see what this SS does in SB before putting any chips into the pot.

If we are beat, we are crushed, and if we are ahead, it is marginal.
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That makes perfect sense to me. Thank you! I think your advised line would be more profitable.
 
done with my October 21st sesison

Just got done playing. The only hand I was sad about was the preflop KK45ss vs villain's AA78ds - literally the first hand we got dealt (was a HU game), and it all went in pre. The rest, I seemed to outplay the regs more than capitalize on the fish.

Anyhow, here's the graph:

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Congrats on recent results, beastmode crushing and you have me wanting to start playing PLO. I think it would suit me better than NLHE as I'd have a better handle on the equities, like I do in PLO8.
 
Figaroo2 said:
Congrats on recent results, beastmode crushing and you have me wanting to start playing PLO. I think it would suit me better than NLHE as I'd have a better handle on the equities, like I do in PLO8.
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Now I am getting mixed feelings, since you would be another solid player I'd have to watch out for (and who would take away my fishies 😀). Nah, I'm just joking. I would recommend you to try it out! If you start small and pay attention, you will be profitable, I think. Especially considering how dense PLO tables are with fish on 888.
 
Jesus Lord almighty

Today was one of those "YES, I'M GONNA GET HI.... F**K, WHY ME?!" days. In other words - when I got it in good, I got sucked out on multiple times, as seen by the EV and my result difference. Nevertheless, I did come out with a positive result. What a battle it was...

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You don't often get max value with this hand...

Pacific, $0.12/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 6 Players

SB: $26.97 (107.9 bb)
Hero (BB): $45.95 (183.8 bb)
UTG: $53.98 (215.9 bb)
MP: $10.31 (41.2 bb)
CO: $5.13 (20.5 bb)
BTN: $25 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4♣ A♥ T♣ K♣
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.63, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25) Q♣ A♣ T♠ (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.25, BTN folds, SB calls $2.25

Turn: ($6.75) J♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($6.75) Q♠ (2 players)
SB bets $6.75, Hero raises to $27, SB calls $17.22 and is all-in

Results: $54.69 pot ($2.73 rake)
Final Board: Q♣ A♣ T♠ J♣ Q♠
SB showed J♦ A♠ 9♥ J♠ and lost (-$26.97 net)
Hero showed 4♣ A♥ T♣ K♣ and won $51.96 ($24.99 net)
 
Haven't posted in a while, but did I get happy when I saw this thread. I followed your 1k challenge with great interest and I'm happy to see you are still doing as well as you are 🙂 I will of course follow, and best of luck to you!
 
Sweet Jc and then the paired board gives him a nutted hand which he cant fold.
Tough looking session, your mental game looks sound, several times youve posted graphs like this where you didnt tilt and held it together.
I had the same bad running all tables all formats and so did Marek. To borrow a Beanface expression. Bent over, no lube.
 
BoddJonar said:
Haven't posted in a while, but did I get happy when I saw this thread. I followed your 1k challenge with great interest and I'm happy to see you are still doing as well as you are 🙂 I will of course follow, and best of luck to you!
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Wow! That's so nice to hear! Especially knowing that you also followed my bankroll challenge. I hope you enjoy this thread! And thank you for the wishes!

Figaroo2 said:
Sweet Jc and then the paired board gives him a nutted hand which he cant fold.
Tough looking session, your mental game looks sound, several times youve posted graphs like this where you didnt tilt and held it together.
I had the same bad running all tables all formats and so did Marek. To borrow a Beanface expression. Bent over, no lube.
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That board runout in the royal-flush hand was miraculous. Haha. Well, the thing about my mental game is that I always know several simple concepts:

1) I have made my decision, and there is nothing I can do about it afterwards, so there is no need to dwell on the past.
2) If I GII with the best of it, there is no need to get emotional after a bad runout.
3) I can always take a break and come back to the tables later.
4) It is just a game that I enjoy playing much more than winning in it.

Btw, here's my today's graph:

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Once again, the EV is above my net won, but who cares.. I still had a nice session.
 
session #2 of 23/10/2018

Played just for 40min, but played well. Made a nice fold that I am happy about (definitely could not have folded that in the beginning of my PLO "career").

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Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 3 Players

SB: $12.56 (125.6 bb)
BB: $17.67 (176.7 bb) - quite fishy, plays weak holdings, but passive post flop
Hero (BTN): $10 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 5♦ 8♠ 2♥ 8♦
Hero calls $0.10, SB completes, BB checks

Flop: ($0.30) 8♣ K♦ 6♦ (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.43, SB folds, BB calls $0.33

Turn: ($1.16) 5♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.77, BB calls $0.77

River: ($2.70) Q♦ (2 players)
BB bets $2.70, Hero ???

Hero folds.

Results: $2.70 pot ($0.13 rake)
Final Board: 8♣ K♦ 6♦ 5♥ Q♦
Hero mucked 5♦ 8♠ 2♥ 8♦ and lost (-$1.30 net)
BB shows A♦ 2♦ 6♣ 5♠ and won $2.57 ($1.27 net)
 
Today's morning session went quite well!

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Was up nearly $100 at one point, but then lost it to some random hand

Pacific, $0.12/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 Players

SB: $25 (100 bb)
BB: $25.39 (101.6 bb)
MP: $9.67 (38.7 bb)
Hero (CO): $102.01 (408 bb)
BTN: $35.49 (142 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:diamond: 9:spade: 4:diamond: A:club:
MP calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.12, BTN folds, SB calls $1, BB folds, MP raises to $4.73, Hero raises to $15.56, SB raises to $25 and is all-in, MP calls $4.94, Hero calls $9.44

Flop: ($59.92) 5:spade: 2:heart: 7:club: (3 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: ($59.92) 5:diamond: (3 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($59.92) 9:heart: (3 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $59.92 pot ($2.99 rake)
Final Board: 5:spade: 2:heart: 7:club: 5:diamond: 9:heart:
SB showed J:diamond: 5:heart: 7:diamond: 6:heart: and won $56.93 ($31.93 net)
MP showed K:club: Q:diamond: Q:heart: A:spade: and lost (-$9.67 net)
Hero showed A:diamond: 9:spade: 4:diamond: A:club: and lost (-$25 net)
 
continuing to crush the tables

Second session of October 24th has been completed, and here's the graph.

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Lost only 1 significant pot with a boat vs. a higher boat. Really tough to fold... :fight:
 
felt like poking my head into PLO100

don't judge me, I know this was way beyond my bankroll, and it's nowhere near normal procedure for me, but I decided to look into the PLO100 game, as literally 3 marked ... weak ... players were sitting down at the same table. The game looked juicy, so I sat down. Needless to say, I caught cards like never before and destroyed the table.

Here's the graph:

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You made the right move Ian. After all it's first come first serve right? A nice addition to your roll for sure.
Do you play any NLH at all right now?
 
BoddJonar said:
You made the right move Ian. After all it's first come first serve right? A nice addition to your roll for sure.
Do you play any NLH at all right now?
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Thanks for the support! As for NLHE - I don't play it at all for the time being. I tried to mix NLHE and PLO simultaneously, but my brain couldn't handle switching between the different types of thinking, so I just dropped NLHE, as I feel PLO is much more fun and profitable for me 🙂
 
26-10-2018

Today was a rather interesting, long session, during which I chased my new favorite PLO player even up to PLO50. Basically, we were trying to play HU as much as possible. In the end, I can gladly say I got the better of him 🙂

Here's the graph:

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Quite tired now. But satisfied. Gonna go over my mistakes now. Btw, what do you think about this hand? It's vs. the super aggressive villain aka "my new favorite PLO player".

Pacific, $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 Players

SB: $57.44 (114.9 bb)
BB: $190.46 (380.9 bb) VPIP: 50; PFR 48; 3b: 22; Cbet flop: 100; Cbet turn 92; Hands 342
Hero (MP): $109.35 (218.7 bb)
CO: $44.97 (89.9 bb)
BTN: $50 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A:diamond: 3:club: A:heart: K:heart:
Hero raises to $1.75, 3 folds, BB raises to $5.50, Hero raises to $16.75, BB calls $11.25

Flop: ($33.75) J:spade: T:heart: 8:club: (2 players)
BB bets $16.87, Hero calls $16.87

Turn: ($67.49) 2:club: (2 players)
BB bets $33.74, Hero calls $33.74

River: ($134.97) Q:diamond: (2 players)
BB bets $89.98, Hero calls $41.99

Results: $218.95 pot ($4.00 rake)
Final Board: J:spade: T:heart: 8:club: 2:club: Q:diamond:
BB showed 4:club: 9:diamond: 3:heart: 9:heart: and lost (-$109.35 net)
Hero showed A:diamond: 3:club: A:heart: K:heart: and won $214.95 ($105.60 net)

His stats, playing style + prices on all streets... and what a wonderful river card :icon_joke
 
Ian the Fish said:
Today was a rather interesting, long session, during which I chased my new favorite PLO player even up to PLO50. Basically, we were trying to play HU as much as possible. In the end, I can gladly say I got the better of him 🙂

Here's the graph:

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Quite tired now. But satisfied. Gonna go over my mistakes now. Btw, what do you think about this hand? It's vs. the super aggressive villain aka "my new favorite PLO player".

Pacific, $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 5 Players

SB: $57.44 (114.9 bb)
BB: $190.46 (380.9 bb) VPIP: 50; PFR 48; 3b: 22; Cbet flop: 100; Cbet turn 92; Hands 342
Hero (MP): $109.35 (218.7 bb)
CO: $44.97 (89.9 bb)
BTN: $50 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A♦ 3♣ A♥ K♥
Hero raises to $1.75, 3 folds, BB raises to $5.50, Hero raises to $16.75, BB calls $11.25

Flop: ($33.75) J♠ T♥ 8♣ (2 players)
BB bets $16.87, Hero calls $16.87

Turn: ($67.49) 2♣ (2 players)
BB bets $33.74, Hero calls $33.74

River: ($134.97) Q♦ (2 players)
BB bets $89.98, Hero calls $41.99

Results: $218.95 pot ($4.00 rake)
Final Board: J♠ T♥ 8♣ 2♣ Q♦
BB showed 4♣ 9♦ 3♥ 9♥ and lost (-$109.35 net)
Hero showed A♦ 3♣ A♥ K♥ and won $214.95 ($105.60 net)

His stats, playing style + prices on all streets... and what a wonderful river card :icon_joke
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Honestly I dont know that much about PLO. But I can say this..... it seems like you had one hell of a read on this guy. Nice hand!

I was thinking as I was reading it that we probably needed a Q from space? Nope. He has 9-9-4-3. Lol so bad dude.
 
Beanfacekilla said:
Honestly I dont know that much about PLO. But I can say this..... it seems like you had one hell of a read on this guy. Nice hand!

I was thinking as I was reading it that we probably needed a Q from space? Nope. He has 9-9-4-3. Lol so bad dude.
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I did have some reads on the guy. Basically, he's a nutcase. Cbets with literally anything on any board. Anyhow, here's another session of the day (without that guy this time).

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casually 4-tabling PLO while studying

Here's the graph of today's session:

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Felt quite good to jump into some PLO50 tables. Though, the action during mid-day hours wasn't the greatest. Still some nice profit 🙂
 
2nd session of October 27th

And here is the graph of the 2nd session of today. Felt pretty good. Learned a thing or two about speculative hands, and, most importantly - had tons of fun!

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That's what I get for trying to trap with a set... :damnmate:

Pacific, $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Cash, 2 Players

Hero (BB): $69.80 (139.6 bb)
SB: $56.80 (113.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4:spade: 9:diamond: 6:diamond: 9:club:
SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3) 3:spade: A:club: 9:heart: (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $2, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($7) 8:spade: (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

River: ($7) 7:club: (2 players)
Hero bets $4.66, SB raises to $20.98, Hero calls $16.32

Results: $48.96 pot ($1 rake)
Final Board: 3:spade: A:club: 9:heart: 8:spade: 7:club:
Hero showed 4:spade: 9:diamond: 6:diamond: 9:club: and lost (-$24.48 net)
SB showed J:heart: 4:heart: Q:diamond: T:heart: and won $47.96 ($23.48 net)
 
a mellow session of 28-10-2018

Basically was just 2 tabling during the early afternoon hours. Couldn't get too much action, but got some stacks flowing my way.

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exam time = time away from poker

As my exams are approaching and I have to focus more on study, I will take a break from poker for now... I wanted to share my current graph, as it is very impressive (at least to me haha).

Still plenty to learn about my new favourite game: PLO. Absolutely wonderful action, great pots and the fields are filled with fish 🙂

For now, ciao!

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By the look of that graph are you sure you need an exam? [emoji6] kidding ofc, looking forward til you hit the tables again. Gl with the exams Ian!
 
BoddJonar said:
By the look of that graph are you sure you need an exam? [emoji6] kidding ofc, looking forward til you hit the tables again. Gl with the exams Ian!
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Haha. Thanks! I consider poker only as a side-gig, though. My mind is much more satisfied with working on engineering projects / problems than to be analyzing poker hands / strategy.

Nevertheless, I do not intend to leave the game for good - it's just never my first priority. :top:
 
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